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Lyndon Johnson: “Diseases long conquered by science still ravage cities and villages around the world.”

On the recordFebruary 7, 1968
Diseases long conquered by science still ravage cities and villages around the world.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Special Message to the Congress on the Foreign Assistance Programs: \"To Build the Peace.\

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